Find Place

This task may not be available in the current map because its publisher may have disabled it.

This task searches for place-names and navigates to them on the map. To limit the number of results the search returns, you can choose the maximum number of matches from the drop-down list on the dialog box and indicate that the search should be for an exact match of the text you specify. The maximum number of places the Find Place task will return is 200.

If you prefer, you can type the country name such as "Rome, Italy" in the place-name text box, or you can qualify a name with another qualifying administrative unit to narrow the search, for example:

Rome, New York

Edinburgh, Scotland

Paris, Ile-de-France, France

If the task returns a single result, the name of the result will appear in the Results window and the map will zoom to its location. Here is the result of specifying "Edinburgh, Scotland":

If the text you specified matches more than one place-name, it appears as a parent node in the Results window with the matches the task found listed as child nodes beneath it; you can expand the parent node, choose the place, then either double-click the item to which you want to navigate or right-click to choose a command on its context menu. Here is the result of specifying "Rome" without any qualifiers and limiting the search to 10 results:

Notice above that the visibility of only one result has been toggled on. When running the task yields multiple results, the parent check box displays initially as checked. You can display or hide all results by checking the parent check box on or off. To toggle a single result, simply check it on or off.

Finding International Airports

In addition to place-names, you can specify airport names or their standard three letter codes, for example:

AMS
CDG
CLT
EWR
JFK
LAX
LGA
NRT
SFO

To match airport codes most accurately, specify the standard three letter code and check Exact match.

Finding United States ZIP codes

In addition to place-names and airport codes you can find the location of United States ZIP codes by specifying their five digit numbers, for example:

The result returned is a point located in the zipcode specified:

Navigating to a place and doing more with a place you've found

If you want to find a place by its coordinates don't use Find Place; use the Go to Location (Ctrl-G) command on the Tools menu instead.

If you double-click a Find Place result, the map zooms in to the map display with the result at its center. You'll see a pushpin at the location of the place. You can click the pushpin to display a popup window that contains additional information and a means of sending the result to other tasks. If you right-click a result created by Find Place, you'll see the following context menu from which you can carry out other actions:

	Add Folder	Adds a folder to the top of the Results window
	Zoom	Navigates to the spatial extent of the place
	Move Here	Navigates the display so that the place is at the center
	Flash	Flashes the shape associated with the place
	Add View	Creates another view of the current result. The view appears as a child node of the result.
	Show/Hide Popup Window	Shows properties of the place in a popup window on the map. When the popup window is visible the menu command becomes Hide Popup Window, so you can remove the symbol from view.
	Add a link...	Displays a file dialog to associate a file with the place. Once you've selected the file, it appears as a child node of the place. Double-clicking the file name will open it.
	Export Result...	Saves the place to a result file (.nmf)
	Remove	Deletes the result associated with the place from the map
	Rename	Selects the place's name so you can rename it
	Properties...	Displays a dialog box to set properties of the place result.
	Send To	Places the result's geometry in the task parameter you choose

You can expand the Send To menu command to show tasks that will accept the result as a parameter.

Notes on using Exact match

When you check Exact match, the Find Place task will use all text, including punctuation, you specified in the text input box to search for places. Note though, quotation marks have no bearing on the results returned. An example of Exact match that illiustrates these points follows. Assuming you've typed in the text "Paris, France" (including the quotes):

you will get two place names back:

Find Place ignores the quotation marks, but finds the text "Paris, " in both results.